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Meaning: Wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle Classified under: Nouns denoting animals Synonyms: Melophagus Ovinus; sheep ked; sheep tick; sheep-tick Hypernyms ("sheep-tick" is a kind of...): hippoboscid; louse fly (bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals) Holonyms ("sheep-tick" is a member of...): genus Melophagus; Melophagus (an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked)
Meaning: Parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete Classified under: Nouns denoting animals Synonyms: Ixodes ricinus; sheep tick; sheep-tick Hypernyms ("sheep-tick" is a kind of...): hard tick; ixodid (ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head) Holonyms ("sheep-tick" is a member of...): genus Ixodes; Ixodes (type genus of the family Ixodidae)  "Hope for the best, expect the worst." (English proverb) "The nose didn't smell the rotting head." (Bhutanese proverb) "Your nose is a part of you even if it is ugly." (Arabic proverb) "Empty barrels make more noise." (Danish proverb) Useful links: What does hippoboscid mean? louse fly definition What does Melophagus mean? hard tick definition What does genus Ixodes mean?
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